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ON THIS DATE
April 9
1956 – Stan Majesky of West Bethlehem throws one of the best games ever pitched by a local high school baseball player. Majesky strikes out 27 batters in a 13-inning complete game as West Beth defeats visiting Waynesburg, 1-0. Majesky allows six hits. West Beth scores the winning run on an error in the 13th inning.
1959 – Pitcher Chuck Giuffrida strikes out 20 batters and throws a three-hitter as Donora defeats Monongahela 8-3 in the Section 16 baseball opener.
1962 — Arnold Palmer wins a three-way playoff, beating Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald in the Masters.
1963 – Bob Bailey hits his first major league home run to help the Pittsburgh Pirates win their home opener, 3-2 over the Milwaukee Braves.
1984 – The Washington High School boys basketball team, the PIAA Class AA champion, is named the Observer-Reporter’s Sports Headliner.
1985 – Chartiers-Houston’s Michelle Bazzoli and Becki Burlingham of Immaculate Conception are named co-Most Valuable Players of the Observer-Reporter Washington-Greene Girls Basketball All-Star team.
1988 – Peters Township High School freshman Kathy Knabb wins the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, and Ringgold sophomore Rae Tartt wins the 100- and 200-meter dashes for the second consecutive year, at the Washington County Coaches Girls Track Meet held at Trinity.
1989 – Phil Bourque scores two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the New York Rangers 4-3 to sweep the Patrick Division semifinal series. It’s Pittsburgh’s first playoff series victory in 10 years.
1993 – The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 10-4 for their 16th straight win to break the NHL record of 15 held by the New York Islanders.
2007 – Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby finishes with 120 points to become the youngest player to win the Art Ross Trophy. Crosby, 19, betters the mark set by Wayne Gretzky, who was 20 years and three months old when he recorded 164 points for his first Art Ross in 1980-81. Crosby had 36 goals and 84 assists.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
PAC Women’s Volleyball Tournament
Saturday, April 10
First Round
No. 6 Franciscan at No. 3 Grove City, noon; No. 5 W&J at No. 4 Bethany, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 13
Semifinals
W&J-Bethany winner at No. 1 Westminster, 6:30 p.m.; Franciscan-Grove City winner at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 15
Finals
At highest remaining seed, TBD
PAC Women’s Volleyball Consolation Tournament
Monday, April 12
Saint Vincent at Waynesburg, 6:30 p.m. Thiel at Chatham, 7 p.m.